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Location:

New Palestine,IN,USA

Member Since:

Oct 23, 2007

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Boston Qualifier

Running Accomplishments:

5k - 18:59 (3/09)
4M - 25:06 (9/09)
10k - 41:01 (11/07)

Half - 1:25:58 (11/09)

Marathon - 3:06:33 (12/09)

Short-Term Running Goals:

1:25 for the half marathon
Sub 39:00 for the 10k.
3:07 marathon
18:30 5k

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Long-Term Running Goals:

Break 3:00 for the marathon.

Personal:

Married, two daughters (18 and 15).  Masters runner trying to get competitive in my age group.

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Saucony Ride 5 (Red) Lifetime Miles: 372.70
ASICS Excel 33 Lifetime Miles: 152.00
Saucony Ride 7 Lifetime Miles: 249.00
ASICS DS Trainer Lifetime Miles: 212.20
Asics Cumulus 16 Lifetime Miles: 241.30
Race: Personal Best 5 Mile (5 Miles) 00:32:24, Place overall: 28, Place in age division: 1
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
3.000.005.000.008.00

I have decided to run some shorter races and try to focus on improving my speed while I am trying to build back up for longer races.  It has been a long time since I have raced this distance so wasn't sure what to expect.  I thought I would start out around 6:20 pace and see what happen.  

I did a 2 mile warmup before the race and I wasn't feeling the best.  For some reason I have been dragging this week.  Got a good start to the race and was able to into a good pace.  I felt pretty good the first mile but could tell I was probably a little quick for holding it the whole way.  Ran the first mile in 6:21 so was where I wanted to be.  The second mile I tired to maintain but just started drifting off of the pace and came through in 6:26.  I started to get concerned that I might blow up so I backed off a little the third mile for a 6:30.  I really wanted to push the 4th mile but just couldn't find the energy to pick it up and slowed more to a 6:33.  The last mile I had a guy in front of me that seemed to be coming back so just focused on trying to catch.  I finally caught him with about a 1/4 mile to and had to push it hard to stay in front of him to the finish.  That helped me pick it up a little for a 6:31 last mile.

Overall I have mixed feelings on the race.  I think this is actually a PR for me but I haven't ran this distance much so not really a big deal.  I thought going I might be in better shape than I ran but I have to look at it as a building process.  I am still building back up from not running much the last couple of years plus my mileage is still not very high and I can tell that I don't have the strength to hold the pace.  This definitely lets me know where I am and is something to build on. 

Saucony Kinvara 3 (Green) Miles: 8.00
Comments
From Bob on Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 20:11:31 from 67.176.195.62

Nice test run and solid tempo regardless. Keep it up and you'll get even stronger.

From JimF on Tue, Aug 13, 2013 at 12:54:15 from 98.222.218.178

Thanks Bob! Trying to race more often to get better at managing my pace and to boost fitness. You have any races coming up?

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